"i got a kinda funny story about yesterday. the sisters in my district told me that jeffrey r holland was coming to do the tuesday devotional. i was pretty excited! i was really surprise that he would come all the way here for a devotional. provo has them all the time and we have only had one once in like the last year. so i thought i lucked out. right before the time for the devotional, we found out that holland gave this talk about a month ago, and that we were just watching a dvd of it!that is quite a difference from having an apostle in são paulo. i was bummed, but it was still probably the best devotional there has been since i got here. i think he was supposed to give the missionaries in provo a kick in the butt or something ha. colby and eric arent in the choir i dont think, cuz i didnt see them. i saw josh kunde in the choir. it was a pretty motivational talk that he gave. he talked a lot about not letting the time go by wasted. and he shared a lot of good stories. you should try to find the story about elder toronto that went to the czech republic before ww2. it was an awesome story."
Thomas sounds like he is doing great! He just finished reading the Book of Mormon. His spirituality is really growing. It's so fun to hear from him.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Yeah! Photos!
Thomas wasn't able to email us too much today, but he did send pictures! Yeah! Here are some of them.
(above) these pinkish buildings are outside Thomas' window and they have 8000 families in each and there are twelve of them on the one block.
(above) Tom's Ronaldo jersey
(above, From L to R) Thomas, Elder Barton (Tom's companion), Elder Robertson, and Elder Carden
(above, from L to R) Elder Barton (Tom's companion), Thomas, Elder Carden, and Elder Robertson 
Thomas' district (minus the sister missionaries)
(above) these pinkish buildings are outside Thomas' window and they have 8000 families in each and there are twelve of them on the one block.
(above) Tom's Ronaldo jersey
(above, From L to R) Thomas, Elder Barton (Tom's companion), Elder Robertson, and Elder Carden
(above, from L to R) Elder Barton (Tom's companion), Thomas, Elder Carden, and Elder Robertson 
Thomas' district (minus the sister missionaries)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Another Email
Well, today we were online at the same time as Thomas, so we got to write a few emails back and forth. It was pretty fun. It was almost like talking to him. Today, some of us also got letters from Thomas via Mission Ties.
He sounds like he's doing good still. He's liking the food better (except the boxed milk) and he's gaining a little weight. :) He let us know that he will be in the Brazil CTM until June 30. It only takes about six days for a letter to get from her to Brazil, so that's not as bad as we thought. He said he'd try to send us pictures next week!
Here's some of his email:
"Eie everyone? hows everything going? things are still going good here. i went to the são paulo temple today and the inside is pretty cool but i liked campinas way better! i didnt even know we were close to the temple until we were pulling in cuz all the skyscrapers around it ha. but it was good and i wasnt even that tired when i woke up at 5:45. we have rice and beans for 2 meals a day and have a sandwich and cereal for breakfast. but milk out of a box isnt that good. i get an hour of gym time a day except sunday and thursday. we switch off playing volleyball and basketball. it is pretty fun. i havent really learned anymore in the language since last week...i guess we have started our street contact but i can give the 1st lesson in english pretty well now. i just bought my first soccer jersey! it is pretty cool. its a ronaldo jersey. he is one of the best soccer players from here. i am pretty excited about it even tho i cant ever wear it ha. hopefully it fits in two years."
He sounds like he's doing good still. He's liking the food better (except the boxed milk) and he's gaining a little weight. :) He let us know that he will be in the Brazil CTM until June 30. It only takes about six days for a letter to get from her to Brazil, so that's not as bad as we thought. He said he'd try to send us pictures next week!
Here's some of his email:
"Eie everyone? hows everything going? things are still going good here. i went to the são paulo temple today and the inside is pretty cool but i liked campinas way better! i didnt even know we were close to the temple until we were pulling in cuz all the skyscrapers around it ha. but it was good and i wasnt even that tired when i woke up at 5:45. we have rice and beans for 2 meals a day and have a sandwich and cereal for breakfast. but milk out of a box isnt that good. i get an hour of gym time a day except sunday and thursday. we switch off playing volleyball and basketball. it is pretty fun. i havent really learned anymore in the language since last week...i guess we have started our street contact but i can give the 1st lesson in english pretty well now. i just bought my first soccer jersey! it is pretty cool. its a ronaldo jersey. he is one of the best soccer players from here. i am pretty excited about it even tho i cant ever wear it ha. hopefully it fits in two years."
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Email from Brazil!!!
We finally got an email from Thomas!!! Trust me, we've all been waiting at our computers for the past 2 days. It was SO good to hear from him. Tom told us before he left that he didn't want us posting all of his entire emails for the whole world to see, but I thought it would be ok to share a few things.
"there are only like 150 missionaries here and the maximum is 650 so it is down a lot. there are 4 of us in the room. my comp is from sandy utah. tell becca he is about 5´10" ha. he reminds me of someone like blake and eric roisum. he is pretty cool. i like him alot. and the other two are really funny too so we are having a good time. the portuguese is coming pretty good. they teach so fast. i can pray, testify, and do some of the first lesson. it is pretty nuts!"
"there are only like 150 missionaries here and the maximum is 650 so it is down a lot. there are 4 of us in the room. my comp is from sandy utah. tell becca he is about 5´10" ha. he reminds me of someone like blake and eric roisum. he is pretty cool. i like him alot. and the other two are really funny too so we are having a good time. the portuguese is coming pretty good. they teach so fast. i can pray, testify, and do some of the first lesson. it is pretty nuts!"
Friday, May 1, 2009
Goodbye Photos
These were the photos we took PRIOR to the bawling fest.
The entire family
"24" months
Thomas has many emotional sisters
The entire family
"24" months
Thomas has many emotional sisters
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